Smart Textiles for Protection

<p>Contributor contact details</p> <p>Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles</p> <p>Part I: Smart materials and technologies</p> <p>Chapter 1: Smart textiles for protection: an overview</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>1.1 Introduction</p> <p>1.2 Smart textile functions for protection</p> <p>1.3 European projects on smart protective textiles</p> <p>1.4 Protective textiles and comfort</p> <p>1.5 Other functions of smart textile systems</p> <p>1.6 Systex – a European coordination action for enhancing the breakthrough of intelligent textile systems</p> <p>Chapter 2: Types of smart materials for protection</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>2.1 Introduction: smart materials for protection</p> <p>2.2 High-performance fibres for protective textiles</p> <p>2.3 Piezoelectric fibres, phase-change materials, and shape memory fibres</p> <p>2.4 Woven and knitted structures for protective textiles</p> <p>2.5 Nonwovens</p> <p>2.6 Barrier films and nanofibre membranes</p> <p>2.7 Carbon nanotubes</p> <p>2.8 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>Chapter 3: Smart surface treatments for textiles for protection</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>3.1 Introduction: the role of surfaces in smart fabrics for protection</p> <p>3.2 Surface grafting</p> <p>3.3 Coating techniques</p> <p>3.4 Other surface treatment methods</p> <p>3.5 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>Chapter 4: The use of nanomaterials in smart protective clothing</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>4.1 Introduction</p> <p>4.2 Conventional materials used in protective clothing</p> <p>4.3 Use of nanoparticles in protective clothing</p> <p>4.4 Use of electrospun nanofibers and nanoparticles in protective clothing</p> <p>4.5 Applications of nanoparticles in protective textiles</p> <p>4.6 Smart textiles using nanoparticles</p> <p>4.7 Chameleon fibers</p> <p>4.8 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>4.9 Sources of further information and advice</p> <p>Chapter 5: Smart barrier membranes for protective clothing</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>5.1 Introduction</p> <p>5.2 Principles and types of responsive barriers</p> <p>5.3 Principles and types of self-decontaminating barriers</p> <p>5.4 Advantages and challenges of responsive and self-decontaminating barriers</p> <p>5.5 Applications of responsive and self-decontaminating barriers</p> <p>5.6 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>5.7 Sources of further information and advice</p> <p>5.8 Acknowledgments</p> <p>Chapter 6: Sensors, actuators and computing systems for smart textiles for protection</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>6.1 Introduction</p> <p>6.2 When textiles meet electronics</p> <p>6.3 Sensors in textiles</p> <p>6.4 Actuators in textiles</p> <p>6.5 Power</p> <p>6.6 Networks</p> <p>6.7 Future trends</p> <p>6.8 Design case study: neonatal monitoring</p> <p>6.9 Sources of further information and advice</p> <p>Chapter 7: Biomimetic approaches to the design of smart textiles for protection</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>7.1 Introduction: smart material design in nature</p> <p>7.2 Biomimicry of smart protective textiles</p> <p>7.3 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>7.4 Acknowledgements</p> <p>Part II: Applications of smart textiles for protection</p> <p>Chapter 8: Smart technology for personal protective equipment and clothing</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>8.1 Introduction</p> <p>8.2 Types of personal protective equipment and clothing</p> <p>8.3 Applications of smart clothing in personal protective equipment</p> <p>8.4 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>8.5 Sources of further information and advice</p> <p>Chapter 9: Smart protective textiles for older people</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>9.1 Introduction</p> <p>9.2 The demands of the changing body</p> <p>9.3 The clothing layering system</p> <p>9.4 Smart protective textiles for older people</p> <p>9.5 Usability of the technology interface</p> <p>9.6 Conclusion</p> <p>9.7 Sources of further information and advice</p> <p>Chapter 10: Smart high-performance textiles for protection in construction and geotechnical applications</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>10.1 Introduction</p> <p>10.2 Technical textiles for the construction and geotechnical sectors</p> <p>10.3 Incorporating sensors into smart textiles through the use of optical fibres</p> <p>10.4 Applications of smart textiles in construction</p> <p>10.5 Future trends: the Industrial Smart Materials Applications (ISMA) initiative</p> <p>10.6 Sources of further information and advice</p> <p>Chapter 11: Smart textiles for the protection of armoured vehicles</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>11.1 Introduction</p> <p>11.2 Understanding impact behaviour</p> <p>11.3 Bullet-proof textile composites for armoured vehicles</p> <p>11.4 Using sensor networks in composites to measure impact behaviour and material performance in situ</p> <p>11.5 Conclusion</p> <p>11.6 Future trends</p> <p>Chapter 12: Protective clothing for firefighters and rescue workers</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>12.1 Introduction</p> <p>12.2 The Protection e-Textiles (PROeTEX) project</p> <p>12.3 Other firefighter-related European projects</p> <p>12.4 Simulation of the firefighter market</p> <p>12.5 The Viking fire protection suit with built-in thermal sensor technology</p> <p>12.6 The Tecknisolar firefighter garment</p> <p>12.7 Conclusion</p> <p>Chapter 13: Advances in chemical and biological protective clothing</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>13.1 Introduction</p> <p>13.2 Current chemical and biological (CB) protective clothing</p> <p>13.3 Materials for chemical and biological (CB) protective clothing</p> <p>13.4 Technologies for next generation chemical and biological (CB) clothing</p> <p>Index</p>